Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-19

George, give ne thy naDd."
l. In tracing out the religion of seCta-
rianism, or bigotrv, fad that great
deal of il comes from wrong education
in the home circle. There ere parents
who do not think it wrong TO carcature
and jeer the peculiar forms OF religion
in the world, and dencunce other sects
and other denominations. It is very often
the case that that kind Of education acts
Just opposite TO what was expected, and
the children grow up and, sitter a while,
90 and see for themselves; and looking in
those churches, and hadilg that the peo
pie are good there, and they love God
and keep His commandments, by natural
reaction they go snd join those very
churches. | could mention the names of
prominent ministers Of the gospel who
spent their IA Ie life bombarding other
denominations and who lived TO see their
children preach the gospel in those very
denominations. But il is often the case
thai bigotry starts starts in z household,
and that the subject Of IL never RECEIVERS.
There are tens CT thousands OF bigotS ten
years old.
think sectarianism and bigotry also
T:sa ICON too great prominence of any
one denomination in community. Ali
the other denominations are wrong, and
MS denomination is right because his
denomination is the most wealthy, or
The MOST POPULAR,
CT the most influential, and it is "our''
church SID "our" religious organization
8nd "0ur" choir and "our' minister, sud
the man losses his meas and wants other
denominations 10 know their places L
IS q great deal better II any community
when the great denominations Of Christ
iaCs are about equal IN power, marching
side by side for the worlds conquest.
Mere outside prosperity, mere worldly
power, is no evidence that the church is
acceptable 10 God. Better barn with
Christ in tie msDger than a cathedral
with magnificent narmoEies rolling
through the lopg-dTawn aisle and al an
gel from neaven ii The pulpit, If there be
go;Christ II the ClaCCel snd 10 Christ in
ti% Go5es. B!sotry IS often the child OF
iggoRnCe.
Yen seldom find man with large in
telleetw c Is s bjgoL Il is the man
VINO As9ks ne kn0wss great deal, but
doss n0. That maHsis almost always q
pig8. Gba, whsle tendency Of edu-
csti6a aaass& c.viliz .tiou Is tc
siQd Of state OF mind and heart. There
%sst IN the fsr eass a great o5elisk, and
one side of the obeiish was white, another
sise Of the o5elisk was green, another
isi6e Of the o5ellsk was blue, and tray
sssrs went and hooked a. that obelisk, bu
tHeY did net walk sround it. Oae mar
looked a. ore hide, smother 81 anotne!
side, and thsT came home eech one look
!.
meet. the story SAYS, End they got iuto {
rank quarrel about the color CT tina
obehsk. One man said it was white, an
other man said it was green, another MAJ
said i. WAS blue, and when they were il
the very heat OF the controversy more
intelligent traveller came, and said
EtGentlemen, have seen tast obelisk
sild yCu are al rigat, and you are 8!
Wong. Why didn't you walk al arouIl
the o0e!isg
LooiSop. for the man wLo secs only
one.side Of 9 religious truth. Look gu
tor2;tse nan WHO never walks arount
abapt
THESE GREAT THEORIES
Of God and eternity and the dead. Ii
wiH be blgot ineyitlbly-the man see
shy one side. Tle!e is 10 msn more /,
5eptied than he who has in his head jus
csc ides-no more, no less. More light
/ less sectarlsni n. There is nothing ina
will so soon Kill bIgory as sunshine
Gods SUNSHINE,
80. SO I have set before you what l con
5sider to be the causes of oigCtTy. l hav
! set before you the origin Of this grea
evil. What are some of the baleful ef-
feCts? First Of all 1t cripples inYeStiga
ton. You are wrong and l am right, ant
that ends it. NJ taste for exploration, NJ
spirit OF investigation. From the glOri
+ Gus realm q Gods truth, over which al
arChangel might fly from eternity TO cter
nifty and not reach the limit, the man saut
himself out aud dies, blind mole undo
Z corn shock. It stops 81 inveStig
WAile each denomination of Christian
is to present 81 the truths Of he Bible
it seems TO me that God has given t
/ each denomination an especial mission i
give particular emphasis 10 some one doc
! trine; and so the CslvGnistic cnurche
mus present the sovereignty Of God, az
'Sthe Arminisn churches must presen
mans free agency, and the EpiSCopa
churches must present the Importance Q
order and solemn ceremony, and the Bap
fist churches must present the recessir,
OF ordinances. AID the Congregations
church must present the responsibility o
the individual MEMBER ard the Methods
church must show what holy enthusiasm
hearty congregational singing can accom-
plish. While each denomination Of Chris
tianS must set forth al the doctrines 0
the Bible, feel it is especially incumben
upon each denomination to put p3rtiCula
emphasis upon some one doctrine.
Another great damage done by the sec
tsrisnism and bigOtry Of the church
that it disgusts people with the Cnrlstia
religion. Now, mY friends, the church c
GOD was never intended Tor war bal
Tsck. People are Siraid of & riot. Yo
60 down the street and
YOU SEE AN EXCITEMENT
ard missiles flying through the air, ar
you hear the shock OF fire arms. D0yor
the peaceful and industrious citizen, g
through that street? Oh, no.! You wi
say, "l'n 90 around the block" Now
men come and look upon this mario,
pa'h to Heaven, and sometimes see tn
eccleSiasticalbrick bats dying every Whit
er, and they say: "Well, | guess l.
take the broad rosd; il it is so rough, az
there is so much sharp shooting en- th
narrow read, l guess III try the bros
rosd."
Frsncis I. so hated the Lutherans thu
he sid if he thought there was one Gr0
OF Lutheran blood il MS veins he wouI
]. puncture them end let that drop GU
Just as long as there is so much hostili,
! between denomination and denomination
or between enc protested C5ristisn 81